Are you taking a safe supplements?

Do take note of the supplements that you are taking, be a wise consumer in choosing a reputable manufacturer.

What causes Constipation?

Do take a look at this short clip to understand what causes constipation.

Self check to understand if we have constipation?

1. Are we always going toilet ON TIME (Roughly same timing)? If yes, meaning that we have enough fibers

2. Are we always going toilet without bringing ipad, iPhone, magazines? Meaning we can let it go with small effort?

3. After we finishing in toilet, is it free of strong smell?

If your answer is YES, YES, YES. Congratulation!!!

Fibers and Water are important in our life. We need 25g of fibers to prevent colon cancer. An apple is about 2g of fibers, 25 grams meaning approx. 10 apples!

Do understand how 1 shape can help to resolve the issue healthily.


Regards
Siew Choon
90263064

Are you still taking vitamin supplements? Do take note of side effects

Do take note of the side effects of taking vitamin supplement. 

Most of the time, vitamin supplements are chemically processed or chemically extracted, thus causing a lot of side effects. E.g eating more vitamin A leads to the risk of having osteoporosis, and there's a limit on the amount that we can take on daily basic. 

However, if we are taking the vitamin A from wholesome fruits and vegetable, for example carrot. It doesn't matter how many carrot that we are taking, it will not lead to side effects!

Do check out following article from Straight Time Newspaper. 

Check out where does vitamins supplement come from also, you may be surprise that we are taking lots of vitamin by-product such as coal and tar that's made from petroleum when making vitamins

http://www.precisionnutrition.com/all-about-vitamin-supplements

http://immunesuperfood.blogspot.sg/2014/07/what-are-side-effects-of-overdosing.html

Let's let at this label, how do you know which is wholesome food, and which is synthetic ingredients?

Definitely, it's very obvious.

We may think that we are not taking any vitamins, however, synthetic vitamins have been fortified and added into most food that we taking, such as bread, cereals, cookies, milo etc.

Check out following labels from the common food that we take

 

We are what we eat, ultimately, we are product of our lifestyle choice.

To find out more about Nutritional Immunology education and wholesome food convenient, please contact me at 90263064


Cheers
Siew Choon
90263064

Do you still want to consume Probiotic after understanding it?

Let's understand about what is probiotic??

Probiotic: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Probiotic

Do you agree that we are living together with bacteria, being good one or bad one?

Majority of the bacteria in our body are good bacteria. Different bacteria have different functions.

E.g. Intestinal bacteria - help to digest food in our intestine.
For those who swallowing the food instead of chewing it before swallow, they miss the chance of letting the good bacteria within our mouth to digest it on first level.

Probiotic is the microorganisms similar to those found in the human digestive system. It's man-made.

In the market, there are only about 3-4 types of probiotics supplements - common one are Lactobacillus or acidophilus bacteria. It's claimed to have the similar function as those good bacteria in our intestine.

Is there an issue by taking the probiotic then?
In fact, our intestine are occupied by 500-1000 types of bacteria. However, if we supplement it with probiotic (which is only 3-4 types). Yes, those 3-4 types of good bacteria (with large amount) will be occupying the space in our intestine, and pushing the other types of good bacteria that's natural produced in the intestine away, since we only have so much space to go!

Thus, we lose the chance of letting other types of good bacteria to perform the digestion works that they suppose to perform.

Any risk of taking Probiotic?
Definitely there's limitation when it's coming to probiotic supplements:

1. Pancreas inflammation people can't take probiotics
2. children may develop allergy if consuming probiotic in long run
3. Those who are on corticosteroid, chemotheraphy, organ transplant, AIDS - do take note. Probiotic is not for you!
4. People with weak immune system are not suitable to use probiotics. It creates dependency in long run.

Relationship between intestinal bacteria and heart diseases: 

Good intestinal bacteria is also very much related to cardiovascular diseases. Why? 

Our intestinal bacteria (based on meat-rich diet) will produce TMAO compound which can cause cardiovascular diseases. Even a person with low cholesterol will get cardiovascular diseases if the TMAO compound is high in his body. However, if we are taking fruits and vegetables more, our intestinal bacteria will not produce TMAO. 

Hence, in this context, it proves again that changing your diet to more fruits and vegetables will help a person to prevent cardiovascular diseases. 

What is TMAO - called trimethylamine-N-oxide? Click below to understand more. http://www.webmd.com/heart-disease/news/20130424/gut-reaction-may-predict-cardiovascular-risk   

Note that the probiotics used in many probiotics drinks in the market - require milk /dairy products as a medium to grow. They will produce TMAO in our body when they are in our body. Relationship between intestinal bacteria and obesity: Obesity is related to the bacteria in our intestine also. Some intestinal bacteria can secrete certain compound to better absorb fat, therefore speed up putting on weight, and leads to obesity. 

If not taking Probiotic then how?
Based on different diet and lifestyle, each of use do need different types of good bacteria to digest the food that we are taking. E.g Sichuan people's diet (spicy food mainly) is definitely different from an American (more protein). So do you think the good bacteria generated in their intestine are the same? If we are supplying all just with probiotic, it may not works!

Best way is to change our diet to more fruits and vegetables, in order to let our body to start growing our own good bacteria!

Check out why I take Nutritional Immunology food, as a convenient organic freeze dried food that allow my body to generate my own good bacteria!


Especially Oxyginberry, which is my favorite! Personally I can prepare it by myself, but with the busy schedule, I would prefer a convenient!

Read up
How I stay young and stay healthy


Cheers
Siew Choon
90263064

Breastfeeding Mum, are you taking fish oil as the source of Omega 3 during breastfeeding?

Omega 3 is one of the important nutrients for breastfeeding mum, in order to get the EPA and DHA which is good for the heart and the brain for baby, a lot of mother may turns to fish oil

Do you know the risk of obtaining Omega 3 from fish oil??

1. Contamination
Due to water pollution, some species of fish are contaminated by high levels of mercury, pesticides, polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs), and other pollutants. The US Food and Drug Administration advices children and expectant mothers to avoid eating fish that may contaminated by high levels of mercury.

2. Unsuitable for Consumption
Can you imagine eating the oil from fish liver? In particularly cod liver oil, has excessive vitamin A and vitamin D content. Due to the fact that Liver's main function is to filter and detox, fish liver is more likely to contain toxic contaminants.

3. Depletes Vitamin E
Fish oil can reduce vitamin E levels, either by preventing vitamin E from being absorbed or by causing the body to use up vitamin E more quickly

4. Side effects
diarrhea, heartburn, indigestion, abdominal bloating, nausea, loose stools, rash and nosebleeds.

5. Interference with Medication
Fish oil increase total blood cholesterol and prevent blood clotting, through interaction with medications, such as blood thinners, aspirin and high blood pressure drugs.

6. High calorie
Animal fats such as fish oil are high in calories. One tablespoon of code liver oil, or example, contains 122 calories

7. Dangers of overdose
Overdose increase risk of stroke and cancer. Studies show that consuming too much can reduce immune system activities, making the body more susceptible to infection. Especially increase the risk of having prostate cancer.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-2359466/Taking-omega-3-fish-oil-supplements-increase-risk-aggressive-prostate-cancer-70.html


Instead of taking fish oil, most of the circle within my friends, including mothers and kids or even infant are taking plant based Omega 3 (kiwi seed and chia seed)

It's definitely healthier given that the omega 3 components is called ALA, instead of EPA and DHA

 http://www.eexcelasia.com/EN/Product/SV/JNNS/product38.aspx

If we are able to consume 2 kiwi a day, it's equivalent to the amount of Omega 3 that we needed, otherwise Oseed is a very good convenient for babies, especially breastfeeding mum!


Siew Choon
90263-64
teysiewchoon@gmail.com

Is your calcium supplement safe?

Dangerous of taking calcium supplement which is synthetically or chemically prepared!

Again message is clear, calcium supplement is usually chemically prepared, it may bring more harm than good in long run.

We need to get the calcium from natural and wholesome food source, such as pearl, Soy, or other green leafy vegetables. 

One of my favourite beverage is Aromantic! It's made from Bee Pollen, pumpkin flower, roasted barley and pearl.

1. Barley 

• high in amino acids, vitamins, protein, carbohydrates, minerals, and beta-glucan. 

• Beta-glucan promotes the growth of beneficial bacteria in the colon and helps prevent absorption of fats and cholesterol in the intestine.

2. Pumpkin flower 

• high in carotene. 

• May be effective against conditions such as insomnia, high blood pressure and stroke, and may improve heart function.

3. Bee Pollen

• Rich in amino acids that are essential to life. 
• Easy for the body to assimilate, bee pollen may strengthen the immune system and circulatory system, halt the hardening of arteries. 

• Other nutrients in bee pollen include lecithin and large amounts of vitamins A, C, D, E and B-complex.

4. Pearl

• high calcium content makes it an ideal supplement for good health. 

• Pearl’s calcium can be very potent in stimulating bone marrow cells and new bone formation. 

• Researchers have concluded that pearl can improve nervous system function, contributing to pearl’s anti-aging effects. 

• Pearl may also help improve skin condition and the digestive system.

Aromantic is natural and high in calcium and amino acid, suitable for those who is in need of calcium, and it also help in sleeping!

One of the unique feature that I like about Aromantic is it tastes and smells like coffee, but it doesn't contain any coffee ingredient! Strange yay! It's due to the roasted barley. After roasting, it will have a nice coffee smell. It's also suitable for those who addicted to coffee yet doesn't wish to take in caffeine. 

Contact me if you would like to find out more. 

Always be a wiser consumer

You are what you eat

To keep the body in good health is a duty, otherwise we shall not be able to keep our mind strong and clear

Siew Choon

Nutritional Immunology Lifestyle Coach

90263064

Milk leads to more calcium loss?

Evidence Shows Dairy is Cause for Many Health Related Problems

Let's look at some of the myths related to milk

Myth 1 - Milk is a high quality source of vitamin D and calcium?

The milk myth has spread around the world based on the flawed belief that this protein and calcium-rich drink is essential to support good overall health and bone health in particular at any age. It is easy to understand that the confusion about milk’s imaginary benefits stems from the fact that it contains calcium – around 300 mg per cup.

But many scientific studies have shown an assortment of detrimental health effects directly linked to milk consumption. And the most surprising link is that not only do we barely absorb the calcium in cow’s milk (especially if pasteurized), but to make matters worse, it actually increases calcium loss from the bones. What an irony this is!

Here’s how it happens. Like all animal protein, milk acidifies the body pH which in turn triggers a biological correction. You see, calcium is an excellent acid neutralizer and the biggest storage of calcium in the body is – you guessed it… in the bones. So the very same calcium that our bones need to stay strong is utilized to neutralize the acidifying effect of milk. Once calcium is pulled out of the bones, it leaves the body via the urine, so that the surprising net result after this is an actual calcium deficit.

Knowing this, you’ll understand why statistics show that countries with the lowest consumption of dairy products also have the lowest fracture incidence in their population (there’s more on this later).

Myth 2 - Cow's milk is for calves, breast milk is for human!

Thanks to our creative ingenuity and perhaps related to our ancient survival needs, we adopted the dubious habit of drinking another species’ milk. Nobody can dispute that cow’s milk is an excellent food source for calves.

Weighing around 100 pounds at birth, a calf typically gains approximately eight times its weight by the time it is weaned. But unlike humans, once calves are weaned, they never drink milk again. And the same applies to every mammalian species on this planet.

Also, each mammalian species has its own “designer” milk, and cow’s milk is no exception. For example, cow’s milk contains on average three times the amount of protein than human milk which creates metabolic disturbances in humans that have detrimental bone health consequences.

It’s important to bear in mind that mother’s milk is excellent nourishment for human babies, but its composition is very different from cow’s milk.

Myth 3 - Milk is an acidifying animal protein

Like any other animal derived protein-rich food, milk has a positive potential renal acid load (PRAL) which triggers a protective biological reaction to neutralize all the damaging acidic protein before it reaches the kidneys.

The body is designed for survival, so it sacrifices bone density to protect the kidneys and urinary tract because the latter are essential to survival. And the most readily available source of acid neutralizer is in the bones. So even though milk contains calcium, it ends up sapping your bones of that crucial mineral. But that’s not all because…

Source: http://www.collective-evolution.com/2011/12/15/the-dairy-myth-milk-does-a-body-good/

There are many way to obtain calcium and protein, it doesn't necessary has to be came from animal sources.

Just that what Nutritional Immunology has been advocating since 25 years ago, our immune system needs plant based nutrients for it to stay optimal.

Good source of calcium from plant are: Pearl, bee pollen, pumpkin, barley
I love this aromantic drink a lot! it's a good convenient for those looking for calcium. It tastes like coffee, but doesn't contain caffeine at all! good replacement for coffee too :)
http://www.eexcelasia.com/EN/Product/EV/YYMJ/product2.aspx

Good source of protein from plant: Soy bean
 http://www.eexcelasia.com/EN/Product/SV/JCYY/product8.aspx


Siew Choon
90263064
teysiewchoon@gmail.com

Nutritional Immunology Food - Good testimonial on eczema!

Congrates to Serene also for her improvement in her eczema!

Before she started Nutritional Immunology food, she has eczema that's affecting her quality life for more than 2 years. She is constantly looking for "effective cream', aka steroid cream or anti-histamine cream. But those are temporary suppressant. After 1 or 2 days, the itch and dry skin comes back again.

Due to the usage of steroid cream, her skins get thinner and thinner and every time when she scratches it will lead to bleeding.....

She took Oxyginberry for 5 months, plus Refresh, GART, other safer and natural skin care series. Congrats to Serene, her eczema didn't came back for more than 1 year. Yet her skin becoming smoother due to collagen and younger skin too!

Oxyginberry/Refresh/GART - How I stay young and stay healthy

Feel free to contact me if you want to find out more on how Nutritional Immunology helps in quality of your life.


Siew Choon
90263064
teysiewchoon@gmail.com

Nutritional Immunology Food - Good Testimonial on Lupus

Lupus is an autoimmune disease!

Congrats to Elaine that she sees huge improvement from her lupus condition by taking organic food Oxyginberry and right in time for her wedding!!

Oxyginberry is high in antioxidant and phytochemicals that's made from Cactus, cactus fruits, ginseng berry, rose, seaweed, grape seed, which is natural, wholesome, organic and effective!

Contact me if you would like to find out more on how Nutritional Immunology helps to improve your health.


Siew Choon
90263064

Why I consume Nutritional Immunology food?

Nutritional Immunology food is formulated according to what's our immune system need. It emphasis on prevention is better than cure. It's organic, non-GMO, convenient in freeze dried/spray dried form. So 95% of the nutrients are still there.

Check out what are freeze dried and spray dried food

99% of the diseases are due to malfunctioning of immune system, which is our best doctor. Immune system that's too weak will lead constant flu, cough, weakness or even cancer. Immune system that's strong is also not good as it lead to auto-immune disease whereby our immune system is treating our own cells as enemy and constantly attacking it, it leads to diseases such as rheumatism, lupus, eczema, psoriasis, etc. When it's too sensitivity is not ideal too as it leads to allergy. So we need a balance immune system.

Nutritional immunology food serves as a good nutrition to balance our immune system. These are some of the foods that me and family are taking!

Understand more about what's Nutritional Immunology

http://immunesuperfood.blogspot.sg/2014/02/what-is-nutritional-immunology-in-brief.html

Main one are

Oxyginberry - to let our body to produce collagen by ourself and prevent premature aging

Read up How I stay young and stay healthy

Last time I used to take vitamins C, multivits, spirulina for years. These are always ready at my desk, my home or whenever I travel! After understanding how harmful the vitamin supplements could be ( http://immunesuperfood.blogspot.sg/2014/03/are-you-still-taking-vitamin.html ), I decided to switch to wholesome immune food.

It's Organic Wholesome food than supplement

Simple question, Orange vs Chemically made pill, which one will you choose? Definitely Orange.

It's even safer compared to organic food at stalls, given that total 1822 types of testing has been done to ensure the safety.

Over here, they look into few key thing to ensure the food are highest in nutrients

Harvesting time
Example, best time to eat banana is when it's turning yellow on tree, that's the time where the bana is highest in nutrients. Not when it's still green in the supermarket.

Parts
Eating right part of food is important too. Example, best part in grapes is the seed (highest in antioxidant called OPC) following by skin, and lastly, the skin itself. But we may eat the wrong way.

Species
Choosing a right species of a food is a key. Example, there are about 80 types of gingers. Best type of ginger is Japanese Ginger. Which is the best for gastrointestinal issue.

Food Synergy
1 + 1 may equals to 3, 4 or even 10. Food combination is very important too in our day to day diet.


It's EFFECTIVE!!

Check out testimonials here!

http://immunesuperfood.blogspot.sg/2014/03/nutritional-immunology-food-good_1.html
http://immunesuperfood.blogspot.sg/2014/03/nutritional-immunology-food-good.html
http://immunesuperfood.blogspot.sg/2014/03/nutritional-immunology-food-how-we-feel.html
And of course there are more!


It's SAFE

In the past 10 years, E.Excel has been certified Grade A throughout these 10 years by the Agri-Food & Veterinary Authority of Singapore. Manufacturing plants in Singapore also obtain the Food Safety Excellence Award - Silver Award!


Asia Pacific Super Excellent Brand - Outstanding Brand Excellence Award (2012)

Top 10 Most Competitive Health-care Product Award

Read up more on Safety of E.Excel Food

If you want me to share more, feel free to contact me :)

Siew Choon
90263064

How Antioxidant helps in disease prevention incuding cancer

Antioxidant is the enemy of free radicals.

It forms a protection layer to prevent cells from being damaged. These are the compounds that can inhibit oxidative stress.

Wholesome plant definitely contains antioxidant, since antioxidant gives the fruits/vege colours and aroma. That's why we need variety of colours and types.

Without antioxidant, the protection layer is removed, and bare cells are easily being mutated/damaged. Look at picture above.

However, please be aware that lots of people are taking antioxidant from pills, e.g. vitamin/multi vitamins. When antioxidant is prepared chemically, or extracted from a wholesome food, it doesn't work the same anymore.

Further, do check out following on where does vitamins come form, and what's the side effects of taking vitamin supplements.

http://www.precisionnutrition.com/all-about-vitamin-supplements


Siew Choon
90263064
teysiewchoon@gmail.com

How Phytochemicals help in diseases prevention including Cancer

Phytochemicals - These are commonly found in all fruits and vegetables and that is the main reason why we have to take more fruits and vegetables. The best doctor in the world, which is our immune system needs phytochemical, anti-oxidant and polysaccharide.

 

Phytochemicals are chemicals that are produced by plants to help them from UV free radical damages. These beneficial chemicals block various hormone actions and metabolic pathways that are associated with the development of cancer.

 

Many phytochemicals have been shown to provide protection against malignant cell growth, look at few examples:

• Sulforaphane, a phytochemical exists in the cruciferous vegetables can activate the Phase II enzymes in our body to destroy cancer causing substances.
• Genistein, a phytochemical exists in Soy prevents the growth and spreading of tumours by cutting off their oxygen and nutrients supplies from capillary blood vessels.
• Indole-3, a phytochemical exists in broccoli and berries helps to break down cancer causing estrogen into harmless form.
• and many more..

Phytochemicals is very beneficial when it's coming through wholesome food source, as it doesn't cause any side effects. Unfortunately the same can't be said for chemically processed phytochemical supplement, like Genistein pill which may easily cause burden to liver and kidney as our body needs to perform additional steps to recognise them.

 

Orange contains 100+ types of phytochemicals, Aloe Vera contains about 300+ types, and cactus contains up to 10,000 types of phytochemicals. Given a choice, cactus will be very beneficial if we are able to take it into our diet.

 

I will share more on my diet to make my stay healthy and stay fit.

 

 

Siew Choon

90263064

teysiewchoon@gmail.com

 

 

Welcome to Immune Super Food.

Lots of people keep talking about immune system, apparently the words Immune System is getting common and it almost appears everywhere, regardless whether or not it's really helping in our immune system.

Immune Super Food is set up to share the wisdom of health via the science of Nutritional Immunology.

Being healthy is a journey, constantly applying the wisdom in the food we eat, the lifestyle that we choosing. Ultimately, we are what we choose!


Siew Choon
90263064
teysiewchoon@gmail.com